The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-09-03
Current Events.

The motion by Gladstone in the com
mons last Thursday week to appeal 10 the
Queen 10 withdraw the proclamation OF the
League In Ireland was after spirited de-
bate defeated by vote OF 2i2 to IVA,
the government using the whip to get
votes The vote, however, indlcaed
loss Of 80 votes by the government, show
ing. as Mr.. Gladstens said "what tremend'
,olis change has come over the face 0! tle
country. The change is coming more
rapidly than many people imagine, ana IN
fuct quite fast enough" Mr.. Gladstone
seemed to be in high spirits, and declared
tia, he was In excellent health.
4 On Tuesday cabinet meeting was heid'
said 10 have been for the purpose OF con
sideripg modification OF the proclamation
so that 1t should apply TO certain district
only. -,
The regularly for,nightly meeting Of the
League was held on Tuesday, presided over
by VIM. O'Br.en. 1t was very large
gathering,
On Thursday the Iowa democrats held
q state convention at Des MOines, being
the largest ever held In the State. Maj.
Ell. Anderson Of Knoxville was nomina-
ted for governor. The resolutions begin
with one commenlatory OF President
Cleveland, and the action Of the admin!s.
tration In reference TO the public lands; =
"calls on congress FOR the immediate reVi
sion of our tariff laws 10 revenue basis, to
the end that every industry and every
section may enjoy perfect equality under
the law, and we favor the retention OF the
internal revenue tax on intoxicating liquors
and tobacco and protest against its propos'
ed reduction for the purpose OF continuing
the present high tariff on the Decessaries
of life," favor continuing immigration
with restrictions; Is the usual reference
TO Ireland 5 commends local law forbid.
ding the holding of land titles by aliens; q
finds in the New York and Chicago
doodle" convictions "a hopeful sign OF
reform of public morals" wants Tor
purposes of litigation nonresident corpora
tions made residents Of the State In which
they do business; 3 opposes sumptuary
legislation and declares in favor Ola license
system with minimum license Of 5000;
o favors State and National control of rail-
WAYS; 10 denounces the Acknowledgement
Of Iowa democrats by the gerrymaDdefing
of the State by republicans; and they
"iavCr such legislation as will grant to em-
plcyes of corporations liberty TO vote Ter
whom they please"
The lows ereenblckers held cOpven
ton the day before but made no nonina.
tions, contenting themselves wit.end0Ising
the Cincinnati resolutions, and Issuing an
address TO the farmers, ealing q convention
for some future date. II Is believed that
the nominations mace BY the democrats
will result In practical 'fuslon'-at the
polls; and that no more more will he heard
from the greenbackers-at present.
The Pennsylvania democrats met In
convention at Allentown on Wednesday
last Very naturally, being Pennsylvanians,
the tariff question created It's share Of NJ
tention but all effect 10 Gust Randall from
his position as head of the party In the
State amounted 10 nothing. The tariff
plank therefore conspicuous by lite glitter
ing genialltys." 1t simply demands that
the surplus shall be used to pay the public
debt; and that Its accumulation shall pre-
vented by "a wise and prudent reduction
Of internal taxation and duties on imports"
etc. Resolution No 2 as adopted endorses
fully the administration; 3 "recognizes the
material benefits which this country has
received from immigration" but favors
measures Of regulation as may be found
necessary; favors liberal pensions; .
points with pride to the fact that not one
acre of land has been given away by dem
ocratic administration; 6, Z and refer to
State issues; 8 sympatbzes with ireland
10 approves the action of the administra.
tions IN reclaiming and throwing open to
the people the forfeited railroad grant
lands.
The United States court Ut San Francisco
on Tuesday blocked the Pacific railway
investigation by refusing to issue an order
applied for by the commission upon Sena-
tor Stanford TO answer questions or to oil.
rect the officers of the railroad companies
10 produce their books. The decision was
rendered by Justice Field, who said the
powers aimed TO be conferred on the com
mission We're unconstitutional. The decis-
ion Is based on two former opinions of that
court. In the one, the court held that a
man could not be compelled to produce his
private books and papers In a criminal
proceeding against himself The other
was the Hallet Kilbourn case, In which the
court decided that the House of Represen- |
tatives had no power to compel kllbourn
70 tell what he knew about the Washing. |
ton real estate pool, for the reason that this
was private matter into which congress
had no business to inquire If this Is sound
law, we wonder what will become of any
investigation into rascality Of any sort. |
What would have been the effect In the
Chicago cases, had the rule been applied
They were all "prlyate Matters As q co.
temporary says: "To hold, as Justice Field
has held, that not even the president of the
Central Pacific, who is also member of
the United Senate, can be compelled TO
disclose facts which Congress ought to
know, Is to affirm principle that puts
these great corporations above the power
that created them, and one which we be.
iieye to be contrary TO the constitution OF
the United States"
The news from Havana is exciting The
city Is In charge of regular troops, artillery
has been posted in commanding positions,
both In Havana and It's vicinity, and there
has already been sharp fighting between
the soldiers and the populace, resulting in
the death OF several persons and the
wounding of others The outbreak has
arisen primarily from the action of the